Incidence of falls, risk factors for falls, and fall-related fractures in individuals with diabetes and a prior foot ulcer

Diabetes Care

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1983-1986

  Wallace, Carolyn ^a   Reiber, Gayle E ^a,b   LeMaster, Joseph ^b,c   Smith, Douglas G ^b   Sullivan, Katrina ^d   Hayes, Shane ^a   Vath, Christy ^a  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; FRACTURE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036835091     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.25.11.1983     Document Type: Article

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